Tailor s measuring instrument



BARNETT & STURY.

Tailors Measure.

No. 1,406. Patented Nov.` '12, 1839.

.Ji-'.1 '.00 .1 le@ Lew iiNrrnn sTni-rns i f JOHN P. BARNE'rfr ANDrRNois STORY, or oA'rsKiLL, NEW YORK.

TAILoRs ivrnnsunnve INSTRUMENT.

To all whom it. may concern yBe it known Vthat we, JOHN'P. BARNETT and`FRANCIS STORY, of Catskill, in the county lof Greene and State ofNewYork, have invented an improved apparatus for taking measures of therbody for kthe purpose of cutting garments, but particularly for themeasuring and drafting 'forcoats; and we do :hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof.

In the accompanying drawing,'A, and B,

are two strips of `elast-ic metal kcrossing each other at right anglesand firmly united together at their place of crossing. The longer strapA, A', is, when used, to pass around the body horizontally, and is to beprovided at its ends with a strap and buckle, or other means ofconfining it in place during the operation of taking measure. The longerend, A', of this strap, which is to pass around the back, may measure 24inches, and the fore part A, which is to pass around the breast, 10inches. The vertical strip B, B', we extend, at the part B', threeinches and a half above A, A', and ten inches below it. At the upper endof B', there is a measuring tape which may be 14, or 15, inches long. C,is a strip rising vertically from A, to the height, also, of threeinches and a half; it is fixed permanently to A, three inches in advanceof B', and has a similar measuring tape at its upper end. Upon the stripA, there is a slide F, which may be three and a half, or four, incheslong.

The foregoing constitute all the parts of the apparatus above the stripA, A. Below it, from the strip B, extends the sliding strip E, parallelto A', and about 14 inches long. Upon this, there is a slide whichcarries a strip G, Fig. 2, four inches long, projecting out horizontallyfrom it, atVY right angles. Upon this last strip there is a slidecarrying a strip H, of eight inches in length, and descending verticallyfrom the strip G. All the strips as well as the measuring tapes, aregraduated into inches, and parts of inches, in the ordinary wav.

The parts above described, when combined together as set forth,constitute the whole instrument, and it is to be used in the followingmanner. The strip A, A', is placed immediately under the right arm, thepart B', being in front of, and directly in contact with it; the twoportions of the strip A, A', are then to be carried around the back andbreast, and `their "ends `'made fast by Aa buckle andfstrap, orin 'anyother'way.

When this has been I'properly adjusted,"the strip Ris brought up againstthe back of the arm, and this gives 'the measurement through 4'the arm,at wthe shoulder, -and'also from vthfe bottom of the arm to the top ofthe 'side seam. The tape on -B',"is then" carried over the'shouldertofmeet F, at 'the top of 'the sidese'am, and "the distance noted.The'sametape is then carried upto theneck, or socket bone, and the'distance duly marked down.` The tape upon C, is then carried around/tothe same two points, and the measurements marked down; thus affording asecond admeasurement to these points, from one three inches in advanceof the former, which in drafting, will be found to be a valuableauxiliary in rendering this important part correct. The measurementaround over the shoulder blade to the mid? dle of the back seam, is thennoted upon A', and also the distance from the fore part of the arm tothe middle of the breast, upon A. The tape on the slide D, is used toascertain the distance from the place of A, on the middle of the breastto the neck, and is intended principally as a guide in making militarycoats, in which this is a point of considerable importance. Theforegoing measurements having been ascertained, the sliding strip E, iscarried down to the top of the hip bone, this giving the distance fromunder the arm to that point; the strap E, measures, also, the distancefrom the hip to the center of the back, and by the aid of the strips G,and H, which are appended to it, the manner in which the individualstands, as respects the falling in of the back, and the projection ofthe rump, is correctly ascertained; thus affording an opportunity ofcutting the lower part of the coat in such a way as that the skirtsshall hang gracefully down, a frequent point of failure in coatsotherwise well cut. The slide strip G, is brought to the middle of thehollow of the back, and the vertical strip H, is moved upon it so asjust to touch the rump, which will give, upon G, the desired distance.

The foregoing points having been ascerf tained, as also those which arein all cases taken by the measuring tape, such as the length of, and thesize around, the arm&c., every thing. is ready for the operation ofdrafting, which is the same with this as with' variousA other measuringinstruments, and does not, therefore, require any eX-A planation tothose conversant With the cutting of coats.V y f We do not make anyclaim tothe use of elastic graduated strips of-metal, or` thecombination of measuring tapes therewith, these being common Y to many;instruments for the same purpose ;V but We limit our claimv to what Webelive to be new in the construction of such an instrument,as'hereinfully made known, and it isto vbe understoodthat Y although Wehave designated certain lengths to be given to the respective strips,and tapes, constituting our instrument,swe do. not intend lthereby tollimit ourselves inthis particular, as WeV have only given them asvsuchjvhichwe have found sucient, but

which may be varied Without altering the 4.

principle upon which We haveproceeded.- We do not claim theconstructing` of the horizontal graduated piece marked `A` A', i

having `tivo fixed points for measuring from,

as described; but f What We do claim asf our improvement, and desire,to, secure'rby` Letters Patent, is l. The constructing of saidhorizontal 4,graduatedfpiece' beyond the liXed points, and combiningWith the Whole' as thus constructed, the tape measureand sliding pieceD, the Whole'being'constructed .in the manner and for the purpose setforth.

'2. W'e alsogclailn thefcombina-tion ofthe graduated,sliding,-,horizontal piece Grywith thefsliding piece H, and theirfurther com;

bination WithA the graduated,` horizontal sliding piece "E, thegwhol'ebeing constructed and operating substantially and forthe purposedescribed. y i ,r f

, y 1 FBAS. STORY., n Vitnesses:

,in the manner.`

